Just as the title says. I orange pilled my dad last spring and he slowly started his journey of learning about Bitcoin. It wasn't long before he was sending me Bitcoin podcasts and memes I have seen a million times but it was really great watching him fall deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. However, I recently opened a meme he texted me from the LoveIsBitcoin account which has a hot European babe in most of its posts. I saw his name in a reply to the tweet and when I clicked on his profile and looked at it, all his posts were replies to sexy female bitcoin influencers telling them how pretty they are, telling them good morning, and making suggestive comments about how attractive they are for being super orange pilled.
What do I do know? Do I tell my mom?! Do I tell him I saw him simping on Bitcoin Twitter? I dread to look for his Nostr. HELP!
I would sit down face to face with him and have a conversation about it. It may be tough for him to take coming from his son. If he isn't receptive I would talk to some of his male friends that he respects and ask them to talk to him with you. If he isn't receptive to that, I would talk to your mom. Give him the chance to correct his path.
Think about what you would want your son (if you every had one) or friend to do. Hopefully he will be receptive to what you have to say.
Edit:
To those that think there is nothing wrong with this, that's fine. You are entitled to your opinion. The core issue is secrecy. If this is all cool for him to do he will have no issue with his wife knowing about it. If he doesn't want her to know then he obviously knows he is breaking his commitment to her and breaking trust. Everyone makes mistakes. It is how we respond to them that matters most. He also may not realize how easy it is to be exposed.
Im more worried that he's going to call me a seed oil guzzler if I call him out than that it will be awkward, tbh
For me, it would come down to if I care more about my dad, or what my dad will say to me. If you say nothing and things go sideways you will regret your decision. If you talk to him at least you tried. No guarantee. Obviously, I don't know you or your dad. There are people that I wouldn't even waste my time with because I know them well enough to know they would just attack me as you say. I know my dad would never do that. At least I don't think he would. Even so, I would give him the chance to come clean because our relationship.
I'll leave it there. Godspeed sir. Maybe sleep on it. If you believe in God, pray about it.
Someone informed me LoveIsBitcoin is actually a greek man. I am going to confront my father with this information and hope that he feels embarrassed and learns his lesson
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you are just an anon... nothing can be taken in consideration from an anon account on SN
What do you have against privacy? I find it odd to see such a sentiment on here of all places
You have no idea what really is privacy. Privacy it doesn't mean you hide behind an anon account that can be anybody else on SN. A nym is something else, built out of real identity, but still keeping a certain "value" in online world and still keeping a real privacy from the real identity. Nobody can relate a real identity with a nym because it doesn't exist any relation. Build your reputation as nym and you will have another "result".
Posting under "anon" account it doesn't make you more "private" but more suspicious to be a fed. If you really have balls, post under a nym. Nobody told you to post here a passport and/or SS number. Those are meaningless anyways.
ANON POSTS ARE TOTALLY GARBAGE. I SIMPLY DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THEM. Darth is always right. You will remember my words.
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the Death Star this morning!
Darth is always right when he spoke out clearly.
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are you realizing that this story by an "anon" can be fake or just a trap ? ANYTHING from an anon account it must be discarded. Otherwise you are just falling for a trap.
Post a picture of your passport or else I will have to consider you a fed
passports are only for slaves, not for sovereign individuals. Asking me, as a sovereign individual for my passport, definitely makes you more a fed than me. Only feds are asking for passports.
A true sovereign individual would never take a comment like this seriously.
I must not do anything unless I believe it for myself. I'm not interested in being a slave to another person's words/advice. But, in this case, I agree that anon can't be trusted but when you start using must you set yourself up as authority.
Even you posted on this thread. Why? If it must be discarded, I suspect you did so for others to see and be warned. That's why I responded to this post as well. Even if this post is false, the comments I leave are what I believe I should do if I were in this situation.
A nym is not the same as anon account in online. If you cannot make that difference, sorry but why are you still online debating? Under "anon" account can be absolutely anybody from SN or not even having a nym account and playing with words. That's why ANY anon posts must be discarded. or taken only as a joke or manipulation.
"anon" will never means "privacy"... but more like manipulation, deceive, propaganda, "testing grounds" and lies.
I understand the difference. I agree with you on the issues with anon v nym. Just don't assume WHY I posted. Many other people read comments besides the OP (anon).
Just do not engage with "anons"... is useless and you are just making their game. Make your own post if you like to discuss.
Edit: I hear ya. I'm NOT worried about it either way.
Yes. My post is evergreen and honest advice even if the post is a lie/trap/etc. Same goes for any post on SN. I agree with you about Anon posts in general but don't assume I am not aware everything on this site could be faked. In a very real sense all these posts are not real. I don't just write for the OP.
This same thing happened to me. You have to talk to him even if just to make sure he doesn't get catfished like my dad did. He lost 2.5 Bitcoin to a scammer pretending to be a hot babe privacy infuencer.
Oh come on.
My sentiments exactly, and I'm an old, gullible guy.
Gullible enough to give me one bitcoin? I CAN DOUBLE IT FOR YOU IN 24 HRS I SWEAR!
Wait a minute. Michael Saylor said on youtube that if I give him one bitcoin his company will send me 3! Are you trying to cheat me?
No! Are you trying to pressure a fellow stacker into raising his promises to you?! Fine!
I'LL RETURN 4(!) BTC FOR THE PRICE OF ONLY 1.8!
this is more common than you might think, unfortunately
yes, this happened to my cousin around the 2021 bull run. very sad to see
At a previous office I consulted for, and mid-level exec...VP got caught in Nigerian scam. It came to a head when 2 FBI agents showed up to the office to request an interview with him....caused by him calling the bank that morning telling them to be on the lookout for a 105M wire coming in from Nigeria into his personal checking account.
The FBI agents explained to him that he was a fraud victim and the 10-20k "fees" he had spent on his "nigerian lawyers" was a scam.
He was otherwise a smart and capable person....it was hard to believe he fell for it, but evidently its a popular scam for a reason.
Unbelievable. What the fuck.
did you get a job yet?
Nope, messaged some company's, never heard back from them.
It's a bit shitty at the moment in terms of jobs, since it's practically shitty pay wherever you go, but the jobs that you can currently get are shitty in execution on top, it's a bit of a waiting game atm.
That must sting might bad these days...
Agreed, it's a great excuse to explain some of the online scams and stay safe.
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similar to Tinder swindler
You should share some of those heavily sexy memes here with your stacker friends! Haha
Just follow me on xitter I got a ton of memes https://x.com/LoveIsBitcoin21
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That's George the founder of the company and yes he writes some of the memes. I'm the social media manager.
you can do better, believe in yourself!
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I have a friend whose Dad is sadly very sick and doesn’t have long left. His Dad sent him a few links to Korean porn videos when he was drinking late at night. My friend ignored it until his wife saw a few of the messages. How do you respond when your wife asks you why your Dad is sending you porn links 🤣🤣
I don’t think you need to tell your mom. But….you definitely need to talk to your Dad.
Not necessarily that you disagree with what he is doing (you might be cool with it) but it’s more about safety on the internet and how easy it is to get scammed as others have mentioned.
Good luck anon
Oddly specific~~
People know what they like
You wanna know what to do, I'll tell ya:
Honestly.. not a bad idea haha
I'll take a 10% fee, thanks.
He is just being an old guy.... just cause he is flirty on the internet with people he's never going to meet, doesn't mean he doesn't love your mom or is cheating. He is just being a dude.
Lemme guess: your father is over 60? ;-)
Does what is not normal if you are below 60 become normal after you become 60 🤔🤔🤔🙄
It does occur, just saying.
68
Yeah... that explains it ;-) It's normal to him but for some younger guy such behavior would look like just as you mentioned ;-)
@thebitcoinbugle posting @anon now?
It would likely be a good thing to do internet literacy classes for boomers on what's appropriate to do on the internet
reading the bugle should be mandatory
Or lock em up, like they're doing in the UK.
Stacking sats and staying humble with a Marlboro red and a can.
Pretend you are a pretty bitcoin girl and scam him for sats.
Also good practical advice
This is a tragic side effect of being a Boomer.
Yes, you should tell your mother, so that your mother knows, you must remind your father to always love his family, don't fall into the rabbit hole, by the way, how old is your father?
Hes 68. Maybe if my mom finds out she will be more interested in Bitcoin
Come on! Let him enjoy his life! He is not doing anything bad. He is just writing some innocent comments, IMO.
i think you gotta have a curious, honest and open conversation with your dad about what hes doing. I dont envy your position and good luck
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Don't fall for it. Notice the writing is very similar. I also posted here:
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Love that you guys are dragging OP for deciding against airing out his dad's dirty laundry via his normal account.
Anyway - I'd simply point out the decentralized nature of the internet, and that like bitcoin, anything you add to it is going to be there forever, for anyone to find. Even if it's a private message, it'll probably leak one day.
Your dad is good person
Are you sure it was the orange pill you gave him?.... are you sure it wasn't the blue pill? Is he daltonic, are you daltonic? Lmao this is hilarious 😂
Let the man simp and also teach him about online scammers.
Yes, my memes are bangers.
No, I don't scam people. But there are a ton who do.
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Best thing you can do is let him get rugged, they never learn until they get burned
First of all, don't be a snitch. Mom doesn't need to know. I would just ask him if he knows what simping is and then explain why he is one and why he should stop. At a minimum tell him that in reality they are most definitely dudes trying to get his bitcoin by pretending to be attractive women.
There are a ton of scammers and impersonators out there, yes. And he should explain the various ways they use.
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That's George, the founder of the company. I'm the social media manager.
plz find new job thank me later
Pls get a life. Thank me later.
lmao
I think you should be worried about your dad getting honey trapped and all his bitcoins stolen more than anything else. And that’s what you should tell him. Share with him some honey trap incident stories and he might understand the risk
hahahahahaha At least he is oogling the bitcoin.
Oogling the bitties
Thats whats important, right? Eye on the prize!
Lol
He needs to learn more about being an anon
Let him live his life how he wants to live it.
Don't tell your mum.
And posting under "anon" LOL How can we help you "anon" ?
What was crazy 🤪 How could he 😎😱
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